`route.segment` as a way to get the specific path to the current `+layout.*.js` file
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Description
Describe the problem
Sometimes it would be useful to know "why" a certain load function within a +layout.*.js file gets executed.
A specific use-case is: breadcrumb navigation, where each +layout.*.js file can contribute its own metadata (url, title, etc.) to an array. In this case each layout would need to know it's specific part of the url. Currently this requires manual parsing of the url.pathname. in each file
Describe the proposed solution
It would be great to have a way to get the information for which part of the url a specific layout file was called.
I think a new segment (or better name) property inside the route object for all load functions would make sense.
e.g. with this folder structure
/products
/[id]
/edit
/+layout.server.js
/+page.js
/+layout.js
/+layout.server.js
when accessing the url /products/123/edit
following route.segment schould be defined in those files:
/products/+layout.server.js:/products/products/[id]/+layout.js:/products/123/products/[id]/edit/+layout.server.js:/products/123/edit
For all +page.*.js the segment would be equal to url.pathname.
Alternatives considered
Leave it as it is.
Importance
would make my life easier
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Research direction
The issue names +layout.server.js, +layout.js, +page.js, and the route object passed to load functions. Start by tracing how route data is provided to those load functions, then verify the requested values for the /products, /[id], and /edit layouts. Done means the segment is available consistently for layouts and matches url.pathname for pages.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100